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Criminal Investigation
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eBook - PDF
Criminal Investigation
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Basic Investigative Responsibilities
- Section 3: Investigating Violent Crimes
- Section 4: Investigating Crimes against Property
- Section 5: Other Challenges to the Criminal Investigator
- Appendix A: Sudden In-Custody Death: An Investigator's Checklist
- Appendix B: Death Scene Record
- Appendix C: Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Case Review Solvability Chart
- Appendix D: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Cold Case Solvability Criteria
- Appendix E: Domestic Violence Report Review Checklist
- Appendix F: Law Enforcement Request Letter for Identity Theft Investigations
- Appendix G: Sample Form for Reporting Bias Crime
- Glossary
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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